Senate Bill sb0890

    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 890

    By Senator Wise





    5-807-05                                            See HB 279

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to student and parent rights;

  3         amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; authorizing certain

  4         K-12 students to self-administer epinephrine by

  5         auto-injector under certain circumstances;

  6         requiring the adoption of rules; providing for

  7         indemnification; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (3) of

12  section 1002.20, Florida Statutes, to read:

13         1002.20  K-12 student and parent rights.--Parents of

14  public school students must receive accurate and timely

15  information regarding their child's academic progress and must

16  be informed of ways they can help their child to succeed in

17  school. K-12 students and their parents are afforded numerous

18  statutory rights including, but not limited to, the following:

19         (3)  HEALTH ISSUES.--

20         (i)  Epinephrine use.--A student who has experienced or

21  is at risk for life-threatening allergic reactions may carry

22  an epinephrine auto-injector and self-administer epinephrine

23  by auto-injector while in school, participating in

24  school-sponsored activities, or in transit to or from school

25  or school-sponsored activities if the school has been provided

26  with parental and physician authorization. The State Board of

27  Education, in cooperation with the Department of Health, shall

28  adopt rules for such use of epinephrine auto-injectors. A

29  school district shall be indemnified for any and all liability

30  with respect to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors pursuant

31  to this paragraph.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 890
    5-807-05                                            See HB 279




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